sure, we’ve noticed that odin has seemed a little pudgy lately and we’ve thought that it’s a little harder to carry him around than in the past, but without an official weighin since his 9 months checkup – when he tipped the scales at 14 pounds 14 ounces – it’s been a difficult to know exactly how many pounds he’s been packing in those rolls.

well, today we learned during a routine series of checkups that he’s a whopping 17 pounds 14 ounces ( 8.10 kilograms ) or almost 18 pounds! so he’s just about the 50th percentile on the preemie age adjusted weight charts and for the very first time he’s just barely made it onto the full term unadjusted charts where he hit the third percentile!

at this rate, it seems like he won’t be able to fit in his car seat much longer. or at least it’s not a roomy as it once was.

after the doctor visits, he and mamma snuck off to go toy shopping without me and he was sleeping soundly by the time they got home. it’s unusual for him to stay sleeping in his car seat after being brought inside the house, so it must have been an exciting and tiring trip!